Match-box



S. SLOBODZIAN ANDJ. OBERLEYTAN.

MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, I920.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET FIG. 1

S. SL OBODZIAN AND J. OBERLEYTAN.

MATCH BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAR- 8. I920. 1 59,759. Patented Nov.23,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- F IG. 3 FIG. 4

uaurso stares szr'lvron SLOIBQDZIAN' AND oznr OBERLEYTAN, or NEWARK, NEWwas.

' MA'rcH-sox.

' Application filed March 8,

To all whomz't may concern.

Be it known that we, SzYMoN SLonoDzIAN and Joznr OnnnLnY'rAN, citizensof Poland, residing at Newark, in the county'of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMatch-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

at a time to a This invention relates to certain new, and usefulimprovements in match boxesof that type involving means to delivermatches one person through manual actuatlon.

'The principal object of the present in-, vention is to provide a matchdelivering receptacle with associated delivering mechanism of suchcharacter as to be extremely durable and efficient in operation as wellas simple in construction for cheapness of manufacture.

With the above general objects in view and others that will becomeapparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinfully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and claimed. r

In the drawings forming a part ofthis specification, and wherein likereference characters indicate similar parts throughout the severalviews, c

Figure 1 is a front .elevational-view, partly broken away, of a matchbox constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially upon line HII ofFig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the device shown in Fig. 1 andtakensubstantially upon line III-J11 of Fig. 4, r

Fig. '4: is a horizontal sectional view taken substantiallyupon lineIV--IV of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective new of.

the lever actuated pawl carrying member which actuates the'ratchet wheeland a portion of the actuating. lever therefor.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the presentinventionembodies a vertical elongated receptacle or casing 5, the rearvertical wall of which is extended some distance above and below the topand bottom thereof and is provided with apertures Specification ofLetters Patent. Patgnted N 19201. Serial in). 363,969.

Ginto whichnails or other suitable 'holdfast devices are adapted to bedriven forlfasten tion 7 is connected with the opposite side 1 60.

wall, of thereceptacle by means of a horizontal partition 9 whose upperface is rear wardly and downwardly inclined as at 10'to insure movementof the matches ll down wardly toward the drum 12.v The partition,

9 forms upper and lower compartments at one side of the chamberS,theupper com partment being in the form of'a hopper having a lid 18whiehlmay be hinged as at 14 so that the said cover may be raised forrefilling the hopper when found necessary. The lower compartment abovementioned contains the drum 12, and this drum is provided with a seriesof peripheral-transverse grooves 15 which are, in practice, made of suchsize as to allow only one match to fall thereinto at a time, althoughthe showing in the drawing is somewhat exaggerated toclearly show thestructure. The partition 9 is provided with an opening as seen in :Fig.2so as to permit the matches 11 to pass from the hopper 16 onto theperiphcry of the drum 12, and this partition is curved on its undersideso as to conform tothe shape of the drum112 and lie quite close to theperiphery of the latter. 7

The drum 12 is secured upon a shaft 17 which is mounted for-rotationhorizontally l8iwhich isrotatably fitted in a similarly;

shapedopening 19 provided in the partition 7. The drum .12 isprovidedWith a still I further reducedportion 20ywhich extends into the chamber8 and has a ratchet wheel 21' fas ened thereon.

A blo k 22=is vertically sl dable within thechamber 8 beneath the shaft.17, and this blockis normally retained in lowered position againstthebottom of thefireceptacle 5 by means of a coiled tension spring 23which has one end fastened as at 24 to the bottom of the receptacletiand whichis fastened at its otlierorupperendto the top 1 of the block 22by means of the screw 25 or the like. A pin 26 projects upwardly fromthe upper end of the slide block 22 so as ter, and this pawl projectsupwardly be yond the upper end of the block 22 and has its upper endangularly bent rearwardly as at 28 so as to normally engage the toothwhich is disposed beneath the tooth which the pin-26 engages. The block22 is provided with forwardly projecting ears 29 be neath the pawl 27,and the inner end of the lever 30 is pivoted to said ears and ispivotally mounted for vertical rocking movement upon a horizontal rod 31which passes through the hub 32 of the lever 30 and which is supportedby the partitions 7 and the adjacent side wall of the casing 5s Thelever 30 extends outwardly through a vertical elongated slot 33 providedin the front wall of the casing o, and is provided upon its free endexteriorly of the casing with a finger-piece 34 adapted to be engaged bythe finger for depressing the lever 30 so as to cause upward slidingmovement of the block 22. It will be understood that when the lever 30is depressed for a certain distance, the pin 26 will cause suflicientrotary movement of the drum 12 for allowing one match to drop from saiddrum, while if the lever 30 is depressed further, the spring pressedpawl 27 will efiect a further rotation ofthe drum 12 for causing anothermatch to be delivered immediately after the delivery of the first match.As the pawl 27 ispositioned normally in a vertical plane inwardly of thevertical plane of the periphery of the ratchet wheel 21, it isnecessary' that the same yield rearwardly when the block 22 is forcedupwardly, and said pawl 27 is therefore formed of resilientsheet metaland is spaced from the block 22 so as to permit this yielding. Thebottom of the casing 5 is forwardly and downwardly inclined andterminates in a pocket 35 adwhere said front wall is provided withanopening 36 of suiiicient size to permit the entrance of a persons handfor removing thematches as they are delivered from the 7 hopperlfiby thedrum 12 to the pocket 35.. It'will thus be see'n that I have provided anextremely efficient means for delivering one or two matches at a time,as desired and at will. The grooves 15' of the drum 12 are laterallyenlarged or'widened attheir ends as; at 15"" so as to; accommodate theheads acent the front wall of the receptacle 5 shell 37 so thatits'l'ower 'end is normally pressed into engagement with the teeth ofthe'r'atchet wheel 21 by means of a leaf spring 39 which is carried bythe front wall of the receptacle 5 and which has'its free lower 'end'bearing upon said lever 38, the other end of the lever 38 having ahammer to secured thereto and lying close to the shell 37 so: that whenthe ratchet wheel 21 is rotated, the hammer 10 is forcibly pressedagainst the shell 37 for sounding an alarm upon each delivery of a matchfrom the drum12. ,This alarm is somewhat useful when the present deviceis used in public places where mischievous persons are likely to makeimproper use of the same and enables a proprietor to be advised of suchimproper use should the same occur. r

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the construction andoperation of the present invention, as well as the-advantages of thesame, will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in theart.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What is claimed'as new is:

A match delivering receptacle comprising a casing having a front wallwith a vertical elongated slot in the lower portion thereof and providedwith a transverse partition dividing the casing into an upper hopperanda lower chamber therebeneath a drum journaled upon a horizontal axiswithin said lower chamber and having peripheral grooves arranged toreceive matches from said hopper and to deliver the same to said lowerchamber-when rotated, avertical partition within said casing forming achamber at one side of said drum and said hopper, a ratchet wheelconnected with said drum so as to rotate with the latter and arrangedwithin the last named chamber, a slide block vertically movable withinthe last named chamber and normally spring pressed in a loweredposition, a rigid pawl carried by said slide block and operativelyassociated with said ratchet wheel so as to be capable of only rotatingsaid drum a distance sufficient for delivering one match from saidhopper to said lower chamber upon each upward movement of said slideblock, a second pawl carried bysaid slideblock and comprisinga-resilient sheet metal strip having 7 rality of matches from thehopper" to the lower chamber each time the slide block is plurality ofmatches into the lower chamber entirely elevated, and a finger actuatedlever at will. connected to said slide block and extending In testimonywhereof we aflix our signa- 10 through the slot of the front wall of theturesi 5 casing whereby said slide block may be caused to totally orpartially raise for eifect- SZYMON SLOBODZIAN.

ing delivery of either av single match or a h J OZEF OBERLEYTAN.

